Being the most senior person on teams (skillset not age or time at a company) is so frustrating. Some days I don't get anything done because I'm teaching people basic stuff instead of doing the work I committed to at the daily stand-up.
This is partially a symptom of layoffs not directed at performance and managers not making people upskill. Also managers not setting (code) standards or team apis or cross team SLAs
in my mind, you've always been a senior
Also I completely get what you're saying. You become a teacher rather than getting the job done, or pushing the boundary.
It honestly depends on where you're working - I've experienced being on both sides. One where you can conceptualise ideas and brainstorm with everyone on the same page vs you having the concept and then having to explain/teach the rest how to implement it.
I would be fine if I was a manager telling folks how to implement it, but I'm not. Randomly 2 months ago I've been getting referred to as a team lead and there was no pay increase or title change. Additionally outside of the people I help, it looks bad that my actual work is going to prod at a slow rate. It'd be different if I ha d a mandate to train folks, but instead i do it outta the kindness of remembering how shitty it was when I was so far off from the solution.
Yeah that's it, been in the same spot.
In fact it's abuse from the employer because you're doing training/management but not being paid in the same category.
Being team lead should be leading people on the same level, not having to carry them along.
sent this to a colleague that had a similar rant
https://video.nostr.build/2529dfeaaf26f3e26619cc7b97e206d37b9c0a40d7ba78fbc45b22c9bbc2f706.mp4
Yup, that's me
